Bruce Goldfarb, a spokesperson for the medical examiner’s office, said there were three causes of death: “disseminated intravascular coagulation,” “amniotic fluid embolism following a medical termination of pregnancy” and “fetal abnormalities.”

“The manner of death,” Goldfarb said, “is natural causes.”

According to the National Institutes of Health, disseminated intravascular coagulation causes average blood-clotting proteins to become abnormally active, often in response to inflammation or infection. In an amniotic fluid embolism, the substance that surrounds a baby in the uterus during pregnancy enters the mother’s bloodstream.

Maryland Coalition for Life Executive Director Michael Martelli said the medical examiner’s analysis would not change the fact that his organization is calling for Carhart’s medical license to be revoked. The coalition claims that Carhart performed Morbelli’s abortion, then neglected to provide follow-up care.

“The abortion caused the amniotic embolism and the coagulation issue stems directly from that,” Martelli said. “There’s still no question about the fact that the abortion caused her death.”

According to Goldfarb, a detailed autopsy report will be completed in the coming weeks.